Date of Last Recorded Action: 3/16/2018

Creates legal remedies for municipal law enforcement officers who, acting as whistleblowers, report evidence of illegal activity to their supervisors, and protects those same officers from retaliation for their reports. (version 1)

Creates an exception to state law that otherwise limits the use of unmanned aircraft, to allow use of these aircraft by emergency management services personnel, when acting in the scope of their duties. (version 1)

Makes minor changes to the procedures followed in administrative proceedings, including challenges to agency actions under the contested case process and the state rule review and readoption process (version 1)

Among other changes aimed at incentivizing service in
emergency personnel positions, this bill would achieve an NCLM goal of
providing additional resources to lessen the strain on sworn law enforcement
officers when providing custody of individuals in crisis. The bill does so by
authorizing other individuals to perform these services, including commissioned
company police officers and certain security officers. Creates a new homestead
exclusion from payment of local property taxes for surviving spouses of
emergency personnel officers who were killed in the line of duty. Directs a
study and report by the N.C. Department of Transportation to examine issues
related to interstate access by emergency personnel during periods of road
construction. (version 1)

Authorizes a new mechanism for cities above 30,000 in
population at least partially located in economically distressed counties to
address vacant homes in their jurisdictions, when the current owners of those
homes failed to comply with court orders related to clean-up of the properties.
The process allows the city to petition a court for appoint of a receiver, who
then has two years to either demolish, rehabilitate, or sell the property.
Contains related procedural and legal safeguards to the city, the receiver, and
the property owner. (version 1)

Makes minor changes to the procedures followed in administrative proceedings, including challenges to agency actions under the contested case process and the state rule review and readoption process (version 1)

Eliminates a current law that allows cities and counties to punish violations of local ordinances as misdemeanors, unless otherwise authorized by state statutes. Raises the current penalty for motor vehicle or parking violations from $50 to $100. (version 1)

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